diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e4aa8f9..eb3e8ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ jobs:
         update-conda: false
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
+    - name: Add conda defaults channel
+      run: conda config --add channels defaults
+
     - name: Initialize powershell for conda (Windows only)
       if: runner.os == 'Windows'
       run: conda init powershell
@@ -36,8 +39,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build & upload with conda
       run: |
         # Login to anaconda (answer the resulting prompt with yes)
-        echo y | anaconda login --username ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_USERNAME }} --password ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_PASSWORD }} --hostname "GitHub_${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.python-version }}"
+        echo y | anaconda org login --username ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_USERNAME }} --password ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_PASSWORD }} --hostname "GitHub_${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.python-version }}"
         # Enable automatic upload to anaconda.org
         conda config --set anaconda_upload yes
         # Run build process
-        conda build conda.recipe -c conda-forge
+        conda build conda.recipe -c defaults -c conda-forge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_jobs.yml b/.github/workflows/python_jobs.yml
index 24c140d..53866ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_jobs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_jobs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false  # complete remaining jobs
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -22,10 +22,17 @@ jobs:
         update-conda: false
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-    - name: Initialize powershell for conda (Windows only)
+    - name: Add conda defaults channel
+      run: conda config --add channels defaults
+
+    - name: Initialize powershell for conda (Windows)
       if: runner.os == 'Windows'
       run: conda init powershell
 
+    - name: Initialize shell for conda (Linux)
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: conda init bash
+
     - name: Install dependencies with conda
       run: |
         # conda install numpy -y
@@ -36,11 +43,17 @@ jobs:
 
         # There is an issue where python 3.12 always seems to be pinned as a dependency
         # Including the actually used python version in the install command works
-        conda install python=${{ matrix.python-version }} numpy conda-build setuptools setuptools_scm pandas pyqt xlsxwriter openpyxl cx_freeze -c conda-forge -y
+        conda install python=${{ matrix.python-version }} numpy conda-build setuptools setuptools_scm pandas pyqt qttools xlsxwriter openpyxl cx_freeze -c conda-forge -y
+
+    - name: Prepare bdist_msi
+      if: runner.os == 'Windows' && contains(fromJson('["3.13","3.14"]'), matrix.python-version)
+      run: |
+        # Required for bdist_msi on Python>=3.13
+        conda install conda-forge::python-msilib
 
     - name: Build & install lpagg with conda
       run: |
-        conda build conda.recipe -c conda-forge
+        conda build conda.recipe -c defaults -c conda-forge
         conda install lpagg --use-local -c conda-forge
 
     - name: Build MSI installer for 'simultaneity' GUI version (Windows only)
diff --git a/setup_d2t_exe.py b/setup_d2t_exe.py
index 3a3e85f..b8a4118 100644
--- a/setup_d2t_exe.py
+++ b/setup_d2t_exe.py
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@
 os.environ['TK_LIBRARY'] = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, r'tcl\tk8.6')
 dlls = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, r'Library\bin')
 
-base = None
+base = 'console'  # None for cmd-line
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
-    base = 'Win32GUI'
+    base = 'gui'  # If only a GUI should be shown
 
 # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa371847(v=vs.85).aspx
 shortcut_table = [
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
                                         'markupsafe',
                                         # 'matplotlib',
                                         'matplotlib.tests',
-                                        'matplotlib.mpl-data',
+                                        # 'matplotlib.mpl-data',
                                         'msgpack',
                                         'nbconvert',
                                         'nbformat',
diff --git a/setup_exe.py b/setup_exe.py
index e3a57b5..b2b8205 100644
--- a/setup_exe.py
+++ b/setup_exe.py
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@
 # os.environ['TK_LIBRARY'] = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, r'tcl\tk8.6')
 dlls = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'Library', 'bin')
 
-base = None  # None for cmd-line
+base = 'console'  # None for cmd-line
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
-    base = 'Win32GUI'  # If only a GUI should be shown
+    base = 'gui'  # If only a GUI should be shown
 
 # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa371847(v=vs.85).aspx
 shortcut_table = [
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                                           'markupsafe',
                                           # 'matplotlib',
                                           'matplotlib.tests',
-                                          'matplotlib.mpl-data',
+                                          # 'matplotlib.mpl-data',
                                           'msgpack',
                                           'nbconvert',
                                           'nbformat',
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
                                           'pygments',
                                           # 'PyQt5',
                                           'requests',
-                                          'scipy',
+                                          # 'scipy',
                                           'seaborn',
                                           'setuptools',
                                           'sphinx',